Instrument-board for automobiles.



1. BERG. INSTRUMENT BOARD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 21.1917.

Patented July 23, 1918.

UNITED srarns PATENT orrron.

JOSEPH BERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STEWART-WARNER SPEEDOMETER CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

INSTRUMENTBOARD FOE AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed January 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Im provements in Instrument-Boards for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part thereof.

The purpose of this device is to' provide convenient means of mounting instruments, such as speedometers, oil gages or time pieces on automobiles, in a desirable aid accessible location; the board itself is so constructed as to be attachable without demounting or marring the vehicle to which it is applied. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a portion of an automobile equipped with this device.

Fig. 2 is aview on an enlarged scale of one end of the board.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the board on line, 33, of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a section on the line, 44, of Fig. 1. j

The drawings show conventionally the lower portion of a wind shield having the side rails, 11, and the bottom rail, 2, supported on the sides, 3- -3, of the car body and the front member or cowl, 4, by means of the fittings or brackets, 5-5, the bracle ets beingsecured thereto by the bolts, 6-6 and 77. The member, 8, is snugly fitted to the flange, 4e, and arranged to seal the joint between the members, t and 2, all in the usual manner.

The instrument board, 10, is mounted immediately under the wind-shield and preferably flush with the associated element, 8; to attain such relation, the board, 10, has, along its upper edge a double angle bend so arran ed that when the corner, 11, is brou t to bear against the inside of the member, 8, the visible sides of both parts. 8 and 10, may be made flush by either opening or closing the corner, 12, as the case may require, thereby forcing the member, 10,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 23, 1918.

Serial No. 144,837.

forward or backward to fit as desired. A flange, 13, of considerable width is arranged substantially in a horizontal plane to stiffen the upper portion of said member, 10, and to resist any tendency of deflection from its vertical plane. Between the bends at 12 and 14, the metal takes a downward slope to more readily shed any condensation of moisture. To stiffen the bottom of the member 10, there is provided a flange, 15,

To secure the device in position the nuts, 6, 6 and 7, 7, are removed, the bolts, 6, 6, are partly withdrawn and the ears, 16, 16, 17, 17, which project below and above, near the ends of the board, are slipped over the bolts, 6-6 and 7 7 whereupon the nuts are replaced 'and tightened. It will be noticed that'brackets, 55, for which the bolts just mentioned are provided have not been disturbed, thus making the installation of the device a very simple operation.

For mounting any of the accessories commonly used in a motor car, holes may be out in wherever required, as for instance the opening, 20, which permits the instrument to be set flush and allows of any connections being easily made thereto as'in the case of a speedometer or odometer, the train resetting device of which may be conveniently reached whether it be located on the far side of the board, or arranged to project through the opening at 20*.

I claim 1. In an instrument board of the character described, adapted to extend from side to side of the vehicle body, adjacent to the cowl and wind-shield, lugs or ears projecting from the top near the ends, said lugs or cars being back of the plane of the board, and lugs or ears depending from the board near the ends disposed in planes transverse to that of the aforesaid lugs or ears, each of said ears constituting the means of securing the device in position.

2. In an instrument board of the character described, having perforated lugs adapted for seeurement to a vehicle body, adjacent to the wind shield, a double reenteringangle bend along the top thereof adapted to engage an associated member, said reentering-angle bend constituting means for adjusting the said board in the manner and tuse angle to the board, for the purpose set for the purpose set forth and described. forth and described.

3. In an instrument board of the char- In testimony Where0f,1 have hereunto set acter described adapted to be secured in 130- my hand at Chicago, this 18 day of January, 5 sition across the vehicle body, adjacent to 1917,

the Wind shield, a ledge or bend along the top thereof, said ledge being bent at an ob- JUSEPH BERG. 

